Communications, Media, and Journalism
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Descriptive Career Information
Occupational Outlook Handbook - News Analysts, Reporters, and Correspondents
Overview of the profession from the U.S. Department of Labor. Includes information about: General nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and qualifications, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos088.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Writers and Editors
Overview of the profession from the U.S. Department of Labor. Includes information about: General nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and qualifications, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos089.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Public Relations Specialists
Overview of the profession from the U.S. Department of Labor. Includes information about: General nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and qualifications, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos086.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators and Editors
Overview of the profession from the U.S. Department of Labor. Includes information about: General nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and qualifications, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos091.htm
Job Banks and Searching Advice
Brand Republic Jobs
Advertising, marketing, media, PR, and communications jobs. Search by discipline, sector, and location.
http://jobs.brandrepublic.com/?CMP=EMC-BULLETIN
Broadcast Employment Services TV Jobs
Includes national job listings, resume bank, email job notification, industry directories, and salary statistics for careers in television and radio.
http://www.tvjobs.com/index_a.htm
Center for Communication
An independent media forum with career resources as well as continuing education seminars in communications.
http://www.cencom.org/
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Online (CPB)
The CPB Jobline posts radio and television jobs and internships. Can search by state and salary.
http://www.cpb.org/jobline/
Creative Hot List
Search jobs, companies, and people in a broad range of the arts, including film, advertising, architecture, animation, and photography.
http://www.creativehotlist.com/
International Film and Television Production Directory
Listings of film and broadcast television production jobs around the world.
http://www.mandy.com/
JournalismNet
International Journalism job network.
http://www.journalismnet.com/jobs/index.htm
Magazine Publishers of America
Excellent site for researching the magazine industry, with sections devoted to diversity, independent and international publishing, government action, and research. 'Career Center' has job boards for regular employment opportunities as well as internships.
http://www.magazine.org/careers/
Media Bistro
Listings for all types of media jobs and internships. Sample job titles are: art director, freelance writer, magazine editor, PR account executive, research director, sales rep, event manager, and graphic designer. Updated daily.
http://www.mediabistro.com/joblistings/
National Association of Broadcasters Career Center
Nationwide job listings, resume database, and career resources for broadcasters. Go to "Creer Center" < "Job Seeker" and register to get started.
http://www.nab.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Career_Center
NewEnglandFilm.com
Good source of jobs in the northeast film industry, for actors, producers, directors, production assistants, camera crews, administrators, and more.
http://www.newenglandfilm.com/jobs.htm
News JobNet
Job search dabase with listing in the UK, Canada and the US.
http://www.newsjobs.net/Jobs/
Reporter.org: Job Sites
List of Job Banks from Reporter.org.
http://www.reporter.org/jobs.html
ShowBizJobs.com
Film, television, recording, and multimedia job listings, which can be searched or browsed by industry, location, or company. Specializes in administrative jobs listings within entertainment companies.
http://www.showbizjobs.com/dsp_jobsearch.cfm
Sports Casting Jobs
A sports broadcasting job network. Free registration is required to access listings.
http://www.sportscastingjobs.com/
TV and Radio Jobs
Searchable national job bank for radio, television, film and music employment.
http://tvandradiojobs.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.cgi
TVSpy
National job bank with resume posting area and industry news.
http://www.tvspy.com/
WGBH Careers
Job, internship, and volunteer opportunities at Boston's own public television and radio station.
http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/jobs/
Associations
American Rhetoric, Communication Association
Includes links to various other, related organizations.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/communicationassociations.htm
The American Communication Association (ACA)
http://www.americancomm.org/
Association for Women in Communications (AWC)
http://www.womcom.org/
Massachusetts Broadcasters Association (MBA)
http://www.massbroadcasters.org/
Massachusetts Film Office
http://www.mafilm.org/
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
http://www.nab.org/
National Communication Association (NCA)
http://www.natcom.org/nca/Template2.asp?sid=9
Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation (RTNDA )
http://www.rtnda.org/
Reporter.org: Journalism Organizations
Journalism related resources gathered together in a central portal, with hundreds of links to journalism organizations and publications, and to other online journalism jobs banks.
http://www.reporter.org/
Graduate School Information
GradSchools.com
View graduate programs specific for master's in communications, journalism, and mass media. Graduate school may be searched by state.
http://www.gradschools.com/Subject/Communication-Journalism-and-Mass-Media/76.html
MassCIS
The Massachusetts Career Information System (MassCIS) is available to Massachusetts residents and includes an Education & Training section. Click on "Graduate School Sort" to create a list of schools matching your preferences. From the Mass. Division of Career Services (DCS).
http://masscis.intocareers.org/
Peterson's Online Graduate Program Resource
Peterson's online searchable graduate program database. Users can search graduate programs nationally by keyword, location, etc.
http://www.petersons.com/Default.asp?ShowTab=gr
Market Trends
"Facebook for Professionals"
This article by Cindy Marine in Information Today, Apr 2008, vol. 25, iss. 4, discusses how journalists have exploded onto the social networking scene, using Facebook to make connections to colleagues around the world.
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1460555301&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=
National Center for Education Statistics
Article from Education Statistics Quarterly, vol.3, issue 1, 2001, 'From Bachelor's Degree to Work: Major Field of Study and Employment Outcomes of 1992-93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients Who Did Not Enroll in Graduate Education by 1997'. Includes stats on employment status, full-time salaries, job benefits, and job satisfaction for Communications/Journalism degree recipients.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/quarterly/vol_3/3_1/q5_2.asp
"Reinventing the Media Classroom"
John Schwartz writes this for Screen Education; 2006 Issue 42, p48-52. This is a criticism of the recent trend of amalgamating media studies in the guise of communication studies for the purpose of cutting costs. The author states that new communications technologies create a need to reinvent the media classroom.
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